Made in France

Studies in Popular Music

Gérôme Guibert editor Catherine Rudent editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:1st Nov '17

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Made in France: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary French popular music. The volume consists of essays by scholars of French popular music, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in France. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music in France, followed by essays that are organized into thematic sections: The Mutations of French Popular Music During the "Trente Glorieuses"; Politicising Popular Music; Assimilation, Appropriation, French Specificity; and From Digital Stakes to Cultural Heritage: French Contemporary Topics.

Contributors:

Christian Béthune

Juliette Dalbavie

Gérôme Guibert

Fabien Hein

Olivier Julien

Marc Kaiser

Barbara Lebrun

David Looseley

Stéphanie Molinero

Anne Petiau

Cécile Prévost-Thomas

Vincent Rouzé

Catherine Rudent

Matthieu Saladin

Jedediah Sklower

Raphaël Suire

Florence Tamagne

"The reader is impressed by how much scholarly writing has been devoted to the subject of popular music in France during the past sixty years. In the 24 studies and introductory essays constituting this volume, almost every statement is backed by some form of documentation. Each study and the whole book are accompanied by an extensive bibliography. Also noteworthy is the fluidity of the terminology used to designate the various genres of popular music, the same words meaning different things to different people."
—James P. Gilroy, University of Denver, USA

« Y a-t-il quelque chose de spécifiquement français dans la musique française ? » Ainsi s’ouvre Made in France, dirigé par Gérôme Guibert et Catherine Rudent. L’intérêt de ce recueil est, d’une part, de poser la question dans le champ des musiques populaires … D’autre part, l’étude porte sur une période riche en révolutions sociales, culturelles et économiques, allant de la seconde moitié du xxe siècle à nos jours. Mais pas question ici de tirer des conclusions définitives au sujet d’un phénomène aussi dynamique que celui de la musique populaire française. Il s’agit au contraire d’en dresser un portrait « cubiste » aux problématiques multiples – sociologiques, musicologiques, esthétiques, technologiques, idéologiques et littéraires. Cette pluridisciplinarité des articles compilés offre une richesse bibliographique que nous saluerons dès à présent : Made in France est une synthèse de facto incontournable des différentes traditions de la recherche française sur sa culture musicale nationale.
Mathieu Guillien, Revue de musicologie, France

ISBN: 9781138793040

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 657g

296 pages